Duterte supporters more prone to fake newsResults show that respondents who support President Rodrigo Duterte are more likely to believe in fake news and are less likely to believe in real news. “We find evidence that partisan supporters of President Duterte are more likely to inaccurately identify fake and real news, compared to partisan supporters of the opposition,” the authors of the study said. Meaning, there are opposite sides or poles to that, so we have noticed that we place President Duterte and VP Robredo as proxies of two different sides.) These approval ratings were used to determine and then calculate the degree of a respondent’s political polarization, a momentary division in support of two political elites. “Various studies show that respondents who trust mainstream media are less likely to believe in fake news and engage in conspiratorial thinking.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 18, 2021 00:44 UTC